It isn't in Ubers interest to do that. If they did that you would never use their services again and they would be out a lot of money. Believe it or not, not everyone is out to scam you out of $100.

Are you saying its impossible for the driver to put in a claim for a soiled car and for Uber to claw the money back from you? Just totally impossible, never going to happen? Ok cool, you go ahead and use Uber. I'll use a cab and I'll pay by cash.

At the END of the transaction is when you provide those details. Not just from simply visiting the airline booking website.

If I can't create an account without providing CC details that service will NEVER get my business. Providing your CC details upon login or account creation is just stupid and riff with all kinds of potential problems. What if the account creation fails? Create my account then once I'm securely logged into my account I'll provide those details, but only then. Asking for those details before those steps have been done means you will never get my money.

I do really hope those Uber/Lyft drivers are getting educated or trained in some other profession though. Not a single one of them will have a job or 2nd income from these ride sharing companies in 10 years.

Yeah its the way Uber wants to hold onto your card details, you know, just in case they decide they ever need to take some more money from you without having to contact you first.

When I get a cab I pay with my card at the end of the ride and the card stays in my possession.

Uber wants to hold onto your card just in case. Maybe they'll decide you need to pay some 'extra' charges after your ride, maybe the driver puts in a claim that you soiled the car or something. Fuck that.

I was visiting a city where I knew Uber operated so I thought "Hey I'll give this a go!", installed the app. It wanted me to enter my credit card details into the app before I could use it. Uninstalled app, hailed a cab.

Enter credit card details in the actual app as a requirement to use the service? What could possibly go wrong with that?

What's the time of flight? A large conventional explosive warhead is going to have to hit or very near-miss a carrier to have much effect. This requires knowing the carrier's position, course, and speed very accurately, and knowing the carrier group will not vary from it.

I doubt it'd be a single large conventional explosive warhead, more like a cluster of them. You don't need to sink a carrier to put it out of commission.